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Another Media Freak-Out over Another Non-Scandal at CBS

The loss of curiosity strikes again.

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CBS headquarters in New York City, June 2, 2026. Insets: CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, left, and Ross Douthat, right.

Al Drago, Leigh Vogel/Getty Images, Screenshot via Interesting Times with Ross Douthat/YouTube

One takeaway from the Very Online right’s weird crusade against Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is this: We have become a dangerously incurious people.

All of us have grown so accustomed to assuming the worst of others that we leap into panic and rage without asking questions.

Becket Adams

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Becket Adams

Becket Adams is a columnist for National Review, the Washington Examiner, and The Hill.

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